My set and costume contributions to the latest production by Degenerate Art Ensemble
The Shaman dress
Photo Credit: Bruce Clayton Tom
Photo Credit: Wyly Astley
Photo Credit: Ian Lucero
Photo Credit: Steven Miller
Month: October 2019
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Skeleton Flower
Close up of the Shaman dress hat
Photo Credit: Wyly AstleyHundreds of canvas panels were drawn with geometric designs and then painted with house paint for the walls and floor of the “Fitcher’s Bird” house scene
Photo Credit: Ian LuceroSet design for the “Wild Swans” scene with my hand painted the silk charmeuse dress.
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Bellwether exhibition at the Bellevue Art Museum
My costume and backdrop created for the production of Skeleton Flower by Degenerate Art Ensemble were exhibited in the Bellwether exhibition September 11-21 2019
Photo by Bruce Clayton Tom
Flower Shaman Dress, 2018
Silk, cotton, thread, boning, fabric paint
Artist: Elizabeth Jameson
Dress engineering: Willow Fox and Wyly Astley
Dress blank tailor: Olivia Stambor
Dress flower construction: 40 amazing volunteers
The flower shaman dress represents the finished transformation. A densely packed wall of flowers protect and inspire a life free of fear and suffering. The cone shaped hat, reaching to the sky, obscures the face so we can imagine ourselves.
The 7000 silk flowers on the Shaman dress were handmade by over 40 volunteers. Each flower was cut, painted, ironed, shaped, then hand sewn onto the dress. Taking hundreds of hours, the time and workmanship comprising this dress is akin to a designer couture creation.